We also provide public AMIs for Amazon EC2, based on Ubuntu 16.04. For details on the difference between Paravirtual and HVM see this guide.

Paravirtual

HVM

ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo)

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eu-west-1 (Ireland)

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us-east-1 (N. Virginia)

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You can launch these AMIs just as any other Amazon EC2 AMI. Make sure you open port 22/TCP (ssh) and 9080/TCP (dashboard and client access). The default SSH user is ubuntu.

Setting Up the Realm Dashboard

You will need access to a web browser either on the local Linux machine, or remotely over the network. If you are using a remote browser, you will need to know the network IP address or hostname of the server you just installed ROS on. Replace localhost with the appropriate IP address or hostname in the URL below.

Open a new browser window and go to http://localhost:9080. The login page for the Realm Dashboard will be displayed. If your Linux server is not your local machine, replace localhost with the IP address of your server.

Create an admin user by entering your email and password. After registering, you can log in using these credentials.

The Realm Dashboard will show you the status of the Realm Object Server, including active network connections, active Realms, and the amount of network traffic being generated by connected apps.

Troubleshooting

Check firewall rules for external access to the Realm Dashboard

Certain factors may impact external (non-localhost) access to the Realm Object Server’s synchronization facility, and the Realm Dashboard. In order to enable access to the dashboard, it may be necessary to open port 9080 on your server(s).

Using the standard Linux tools, these commands will open access to the port:

If you’ve never used the Realm Mobile Database before, you might want to start by picking your platform and checking the docs. There, you’ll learn about what makes our database unique, like the power of live objects, auto-updating queries, and the freedom from ever having to use an ORM again.